On August 2, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the formation of an Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit as a new Department of Justice (DOJ) pilot program to “utilize data to help combat the devastating opioid crisis that is ravaging families and communities across America.” The new unit will focus on identifying and prosecuting people who contribute to the nation’s prescription opioid fraud and abuse epidemic.

NHCAA CEO Louis Saccoccio was interviewed by FoxNews for a piece it produced in covering the announcement of the largest health care fraud takedown in history.

The Office of Inspector General (OIG), Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), and other law enforcement partners announced a National Health Care Fraud takedown. This operation marks both the largest number of healthcare fraud defendants (412) and medical professionals charged (115). The loss amount to fraud is approximately $1.3 billion. The takedown specifically targeted the opioid epidemic, including 120 individuals charged in cases involving illegal distribut...

Polish biotech firm Medicalgorithmics, three Texas-based diagnostic testing firms and one executive, Joseph Bogdan, of Fairview, Texas, agreed to a settlement of more than $13.4 million plus interest to resolve accusations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare for overly expensive cardiac monitoring services, prosecutors say. AMI Monitoring and its affiliate Spectocor, based in McKinney, Texas, and Medi-Lynx Cardiac Monitoring in Plano, Texas, all...

On June 22, 2017, the Republican leadership of the United States Senate unveiled its much-anticipated health care reform bill, titled the “Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017.”